SAN DIEGO – San Diego State's TJ Fondtain continues to merit acclaim for his recent no-hitter after he was named the NCBWA Dick Howser Trophy National Pitcher of the Week presented by The Game Headwear on Tuesday, as announced by the National Collegiate Baseball Writers Association in Morgantown, West Virginia.
The NCBWA Board reviews candidates from all NCAA Division I conferences and names winners each Tuesday throughout the season.
Along with his NCBWA honor, Fondtain was named D1Baseball.com's Pitcher of the Week on Tuesday and was one of 11 student-athletes named to Collegiate Baseball Newspaper's National Players of the Week list.
In addition, Fondtain garnered the fourth Mountain West Pitcher of the Week accolade of his career after recording the Aztecs' eighth no-hitter in program history and first since Stephen Strasburg accomplished the feat vs. Air Force on May 8, 2009.
A native of Clovis, California, Fondtain came with three outs of a perfect game against Nevada on April 21, retiring 24 consecutive batters before issuing a walk to start the ninth inning.
Fondtain established a career high with 14 strikeouts vs. the Wolf Pack, including five straight to start the game, en route to his second career complete-game shutout. His 14 strikeouts were also the most by an SDSU hurler since Bubba Derby fanned 15 batters vs. Air Force on April 4, 2014.
Over his last six starts, Fondtain has compiled a 3-1 record with a 1.07 ERA, yielding five earned runs in 42 innings while posting a combined 49 strikeouts against only nine walks.
Entering the week, Fondtain (4-2) leads the Mountain West with a .205 opposing team batting average and 61.2 innings pitched while vaulting into the second spot with a 2.92 ERA and 69 strikeouts for the season.
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San Diego State returns to the diamond tonight for a non-conference game against UC Irvine at Tony Gwynn Stadium, starting at 6 p.m. PT.